Maple-baked apples with dried fruit and nuts

Maple-baked apples with dried fruit and nuts

Stephen Osman / Los Angeles Times

These baked apples are stuffed with a fragrant mixture of brown sugar, cherries, figs, almonds and pecans, and basted with maple syrup and apple cider. A simple dessert, it comes together in about an hour. Click here for the recipe.

These baked apples are stuffed with a fragrant mixture of brown sugar, cherries, figs, almonds and pecans, and basted with maple syrup and apple cider. A simple dessert, it comes together in about an hour. Click here for the recipe. (Stephen Osman / Los Angeles Times)

These baked apples are stuffed with a fragrant mixture of brown sugar, cherries, figs, almonds and pecans, and basted with maple syrup and apple cider. A simple dessert, it comes together in about an hour. Click here for the recipe.